Beyster Institute <beysterinstitute@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:From: "Beyster Institute" To: "Mark Bruemmer" Subject: October Ezine Announcement Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 17:57:11 -0700 Beyster Institute October 2003 --------------------------------- Welcome to October! Ghosts and Goblins are beginning to stir. Leaves are changing colors. Sweaters and coats are at hand and fall is definitely in the air. As we begin this new season, the last quarter of the year, might we suggest that you take a few minutes to read up on some insightful business articles in our October edition of Leading Companies magazine? --------------------------------- Ownership Culture Perpetuating an Ownership Culture By David Binns, Beyster Institute Staff What is an ownership culture? Do the members of your staff, board, and stockholders agree with your definition? How can you develop a legacy program that incorporates your desire to maintain an ownership culture? These questions and more are discussed in this insightful article. --------------------------------- Commentary Getting Connected: The Beyster Institute Inner Circle By Melinda Maas Gaffney, Beyster Institute Staff Entrepreneurs, business leaders, CEOs ? you do not need to go it alone, especially if you live in the San Diego or Washington DC areas. Leaders of employee owned companies have distinctive challenges and networking with other like minded CEOs offers a valuable service like no other. --------------------------------- Tips Maintaining Control through Effective Use of Stock Restrictions By Ron Bernstein, Beyster Institute Staff How can an owner offer stock to employees and still control it? This can be accomplished by implementing sound and thoughtful restrictions meant to maintain effective control on current and future stock owners. This article reviews two of the most common stock restrictions in use today. --------------------------------- Trends Restricted Stock Units: A Trend? By Thomas Roback, Jr., CEP, Beyster Institute Staff Microsoft is a large and powerful organization ? one that many want to emulate. Their use of restricted stock units is interesting and smart, but may not be for everyone. This article reviews some specifics of the new Microsoft plan and why they chose to go down a new road in employee ownership. --------------------------------- Entrepreneurial Viewpoint When to Say When By Ray Smilor, Beyster Institute Staff One of the toughest decisions an entrepreneur has to make is when it is time to step aside and let others lead the company they started. Being able to make this decision is vital both for the entrepreneur and for the success of the organization. This article points out some of the signs that it may be time to step aside. --------------------------------- Reviews What Really Works: The 4+2 Formula for Sustained Business Success By William Joyce, Nitin Nohria and Bruce Roberson Reviewed by Debra Sherman, Beyster Institute Staff Another business success formula has made its way into bookstores around the country. This time the authors may have actually figured it out. Read on to learn why some businesses are winners and some are losers. To unsubscribe from our announcement, please reply to this email with the word 'unsubscribe' in the subject heading and your full name. Please allow 1-2 weeks for full processing. Contact NetMotifs, a Solution Provider for Dell and NetSuite, offering a single, integrated web-based system to run your entire business. http://WebLinks.FreeURL.com Join The Entrepreneurial Group, a volunteer organization whose mission is to mitigate the risks in a business venture by connecting entrepreneurs to resources. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search This message is made available through //www.freelists.org as a free service to The Entrepreneurial Group http://TEG.FreeURL.com